New drug-eluting heart stent found to be cost-effective
While initially more expensive, a new cardiovascular stent poised to hit the U.S….
Category: Transplant News
Autoislet transplant after pancreatectomy prevents diabetes but is underutilized
More patients undergoing pancreatectomy for chronic panc…
Small liver transplant centers have higher mortality rates-UNOS study
Centers performing 20 or fewer liver transplants annually have mort…
BioLife Solutions, Tissue Transformation Technologies sign agreement
BioLife Solutions, Inc., Binghamton, NY, announced it has signed a m…
Pretransplant crossmatching can be elminated in some recipients which saves time and money, study finds
Eliminating pretransplant crossma…
Therapeutic cloning partially corrects immune system defect in mice
For the first time, scientists have successfully combined embryonic c…
Osteotech, MTF settle lawsuit, enter into long-term processing agreement
Osteotech, Inc., Eatontown, NJ, and the Musculoskeletal Transpla…
Proliferation of adult live donor liver transplants brings call for uniform standards, federal oversight
Jim Warren
With adult live…
Human kidney offered on internet auction site eBay; $5.7 million bid
A human kidney offered on the internet auction site eBay received a …
House committee passes bill banning human cloning; opposition says it will prohibit legitimate medical research
Legislation banning the c…